Editing Dennis Potter (section)

==Illness and death==
In 1961, while covering a meeting of the Young Conservatives, Potter was suddenly unable to rise from the press table and his knee felt hot. He was taken to a hospital, where his other major joints became inflamed and swollen, also, and his skin scalded off his body overnight. Potter was diagnosed with [[psoriatic arthropathy]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Lawson |first=Mark |date=1994-06-07 |title=Obituary: Dennis Potter |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-dennis-potter-1421167.html |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>

On 14 February 1994, Potter experienced more than his usual daily pain. He was told he was suffering from incurable pancreas and liver cancer.<ref name=":0" />

Months before Potter was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, his wife, Margaret, was diagnosed with [[breast cancer]]. Despite his own deteriorating condition and punishing work schedule, Potter continued to care for his wife until she died on 29 May 1994.<ref name="dt3"/>

Nine days later, on 7 June 1994, Potter died of [[pancreatic cancer]] in [[Ross-on-Wye]], [[Herefordshire]], England, at age 59.<ref name=":1" />